Every business establishment that provides carts for customer use shall develop, implement and carry out a specific retrieval plan to recover carts removed from the premises. The cart retrieval plan shall be provided to the City upon request and at a minimum include the following elements with a description of how the elements will be implemented:
(A) The owner of the business establishment shall provide retrieval personnel assigned to the retrieval of lost, stolen or abandoned carts. This can include licensed independent cart retrieval services.
(B) The owner of the business establishment shall provide retrieval personnel in sufficient number to assure all public streets, sidewalks, bus stops and parks within a two (2) miles radius of the business premises and patrolled and all carts retrieved no less than once every twenty-four (24) hours.
(C) The owner of the business establishment shall provide a written report the Chief of Police on the tenth day of every month specifying the number of carts retrieved by retrieval personnel during the prior month.
(D) The owner of the business establishment shall provide the Chief of Police with a contact phone number to report abandoned carts. This phone number shall be available seven (7) days a week.
(E) If notified by an Enforcement Official, the owner of the business establishment shall ensure that an abandoned cart(s) is removed within 24 hours of the notification.
(Ord. 1642, passed 11-20-13)